How to Install and Uninstall mate-desktop Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mate-desktop on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "mate-desktop" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mate-desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mate-desktop" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mate-desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mate-desktop package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: mate-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.26.0-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 115
Depends: hicolor-icon-theme, libmate-desktop-2-17 (>= 1.10.0), mate-desktop-common (= 1.26.0-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0)
Recommends: mate-user-guide
Suggests: mate-desktop-environment
Breaks: mate-desktop-gnome
Replaces: mate-desktop-gnome
Filename: pool/universe/m/mate-desktop/mate-desktop_1.26.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 28922
MD5sum: 6126f69e34a4e611185f2bbb09e97e18
SHA1: ebc0c2526af7bdeed63b47beeeac6891cda8a5a2
SHA256: 2570a632808c2a3ad78a26da09b02af878f182f9f21bd3b4abe61223854893b3
SHA512: 9961affb3223774e1013baa8d9254c98a93a0d21820abe3cd305cba8db7d5d0b3091588ecb9c82084c943d21b11af2849b1f159c668d1ce1f58571b3c1586a4f
Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/
Description: Library with common API for various MATE modules
Description-md5: 6d7d3150b8e89c4689a4a7170fbe0634
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop